Lamb and sheep prices at Hoards Station November 9-13th 2014

Lambs	# Head	Low $	High $	Avg $	Top $	Avg Wt
110 lbs +	147	151.50	206.85	187.54	217.00	121
95 - 109 lbs	326	201.42	213.41	210.15	224.00	101
80 - 94 lbs	538	201.00	225.93	214.63	245.00	87
65 - 79 lbs	994	207.92	238.66	222.67	294.00	73
50 - 64 lbs	528	205.08	234.91	221.32	310.00	59
49 lbs and less	113	167.43	209.25	186.62	295.00	46
Sheep	# Head	Low $	High $	Avg $	Top $	Avg Wt
All weights	751	102.91	123.59	114.53	170.00	137

Ontario Stockyards Lamb and goat prices March 2014

I thought I would post this as a comparison to last year (2013) prices at the same time of year. Cookstown.  Note: Prices here are generally higher than at Hoards Station  Sheep, Lambs & Goats (Report for Monday March 10, 2014) Ontario Stockyards, Cookstown
	FROM	TO	HIGH
Lambs, New Crop /cwt.	202.00	232.50	260.00
Lambs, 65 - 80 lbs. /cwt.	200.00	235.00	246.00
Lambs, 80 - 95 lbs. /cwt.	185.00	207.00	222.50
Lambs, Over 95 lbs. /cwt.	175.00	196.00	225.00
Lambs, Over 110 lbs. /cwt.	130.00	170.00	177.50
Feeder Lambs /cwt.	150.00	200.00	210.00
Sheep /cwt.	80.00	90.00	105.00
Thinner Types (All Weights)	72.00	90.00	100.00
Rams /cwt.	85.00	100.00	115.00
Goats:
Kids 35 to 49 lbs. /Head	60.00	90.00	130.00
50 to 75 lbs. /Head	75.00	105.00	145.00
Young Goats /Head	60.00	80.00	110.00
Mature Does /Head	75.00	105.00	125.00
Mature Billies /Head	150.00	250.00	-
Comments:  1278 sheep and lambs +69 goats - All lambs traded actively with prices $5-7 cwt. higher.  Good sheep and goats sold steady.  Plainer sheep and thicker sheep sold under pressure.